New Breast Cancer Titles

The issue of breast
cancer is painfully close to many people's hearts. Each year, 182,000 women are
diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,300 die. And while the numbers of occurrence
among men is much lower, it remains a threat to all of us. Almost everyone knows someone whose
life has been affected by a breast cancer diagnosis or that of a loved one.

On January 17, 2005, the Pamunkey Regional Library benefited from a generous gift from the
Central Virginia Chapter of the
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.
With this gift, we were able to purchase current titles to revitalize and renew our
collection of books on breast cancer and provide up-to-date information and hope
to cancer survivors and their loved ones.

"One of the main objectives
for the VBCF is Education," says Barbara Geisler of the Virginia Breast Cancer
Foundation. "Our chapter hopes by donating these funds for books, your library
will be a resource for the many persons affected by breast cancer in the many
communities you serve. We hope the materials you purchase through our chapter
will benefit many people. Fortunately, medicine is changing constantly, but
keeping up with the new resources and materials is challenging."

Each of our branch
libraries will currently display our new additions, as well as informational
brochures, flyers, and pink ribbons, to remind us and others to take charge of
our health and that of our loved ones. Please stop by your local branch
library to see what they have to offer you.

Below are some photos
taken recently of our new titles and materials, our helpful staff, and our
generous donors. Click on the thumbnails to see the full-size picture.